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English Dictionary: flotilla by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flotilla
n
  1. a United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
  2. a fleet of small craft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Flotilla \Flo*til"la\, n. [Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet;
      akin to F. flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L.
      fluctus, but prob. influenced by words akin to E. float. See
      {Fluctuate}, and cf. {Float}, n.]
      A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.
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